@article {877,
	title = {Arsenic uptake by the Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesie)},
	journal = {Applied Organometallic Chemistry},
	volume = {18},
	number = {12},
	year = {2004},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 880PLTimes Cited: 2Cited Reference Count: 26International Conference on Environmental and Biological Aspects of Main Group OrganometallicsDEC 03-05, 2003Pau, FRANCE},
	month = {Dec},
	pages = {626-630},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesie) growing in an arsenic-rich gold-bearing region contains elevated arsenic concentrations in new-growth stems (374ppm dry weight (dw)) and needles (257ppm dw). Speciation of methanol-water extracts by using high-performance liquid chromatography- inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry show that arsenite is the major species in needles but arsenate is more dominant in stems. Only traces of methylarsenicals are present. Arsenic concentrations in other tree species growing in the region are generally much lower; dimethylarsinate was extracted from a spruce cone. Copyright (C) 2004 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.},
	keywords = {accumulation, arsenic, CANADA, CONTAMINATED SOILS, Douglas fir, ENVIRONMENT, fern, gold mine, HPLC-ICP-MS, HYPERACCUMULATOR, PHYTOCHELATINS, PLANTS, SPECIATION},
	isbn = {0268-2605},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000225801600005},
	author = {Haug, C. M. and Reimer, K. J. and Cullen, W. R.}
}
@article {420,
	title = {Sample extraction for arsenic speciation},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy},
	volume = {47},
	number = {4},
	year = {2002},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 641DMTimes Cited: 15Cited Reference Count: 47Joint Meetings of EnviroAnalysis 2002/48th International Conference on Analytical Sciences and SpectroscopyMAY 27-30, 2002TORONTO, CANADA},
	pages = {109-118},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {The standard method used to determine arsenic species in solid samples is by using an extraction method that minimizes any operationally induced changes in chemical form. However, the use of such methods often results in less than complete extraction, with extraction efficiencies ranging from <1\% to 100\% for many types of samples. In this study the effect on extraction efficiency of the variables of total arsenic content, sample type and extraction method (methanol/water vs. simulated gastric conditions) were examined. The arsenic content in plant and deer mouse samples from Yellowknife, NT, as well as commercially available hijiki, an edible alga, and their extracts, was determined. Statistical analysis of the results revealed that extraction efficiencies are lower for both plants and mouse tissues that contain the highest levels of arsenic, and this trend persists in plants even when more exhaustive extraction methods (Le., Soxhlet extraction) are used. When the plant data was examined with respect to taxonomic groupings moss appeared to be extracted less efficiently than most other plants, and sedge and cattail appeared to be extracted most efficiently. An extraction method modeling human gastrointestinal conditions, gastric fluid extraction (GFE), was comparable to methanol/water extraction of plants with respect to amounts extracted and proportions of As(III) and As(V) present. However, methanol/water was used more efficiently to extract arsenic from wet hijiki than the GFE method. It is important to include information about extraction efficiency when discussing speciation of arsenic in a sample.},
	keywords = {ACCELERATED SOLVENT-EXTRACTION, arsenobetaine, BIOAVAILABILITY, CANADA, CERTIFIED-REFERENCE-MATERIALS, CONTAMINATED SOILS, ORGANISMS, PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY, PLANTS, PLASMA-MASS SPECTROMETRY, TERRESTRIAL},
	isbn = {1205-6685},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000180729200004},
	author = {Koch, I. and Hough, C. and Mousseau, S. and Mir, K. and Rutter, A. and Ollson, C. and Lee, E. and Andrewes, P. and Granhchino, S. and Cullen, B. and Reimer, K.}
}
@article {4404,
	title = {Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon contamination in marine sediments near Kitimat, British Columbia},
	journal = {Environmental Science \& Technology},
	volume = {32},
	number = {21},
	year = {1998},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 136GJTimes Cited: 28Cited Reference Count: 31},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {3266-3272},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), like many other hydrophobic organic contaminants, are rapidly sorbed to particles and incorporated within sediments in aquatic systems. The PAH composition within the sediments reflects the source(s) from which the PAHs were derived. However the "source signature" may be altered by postdepositional weathering or biodegradation. In the present study, variation in PAH composition was investigated in size-fractionated sediments and depth-fractionated sediments collected from a Canadian fjord contaminated with aluminum smelter derived PAHs. Multivariate analyses of PAH compositional data consistently showed that different sampling sites could he discriminated on the basis of their PAH composition, but smaller versus larger size fractions within a site could not. The composition of unsubstituted and alkyl-substituted PAHs in a sediment core primarily showed changes with depth that were attributable to enhancement of anthropogenic inputs in the upper core segments. No trends with sediment depth, associated with compound-specific weathering or biotransformation, were noted in the composition of anthropogenically generated PAHs. This may indicate a limited chemical and biological availability of the aluminum smelter derived PAHs.},
	keywords = {BAY, CANADA, COASTAL SEDIMENT, CRUDE-OIL, DEGRADATION, FLUXES, FRACTIONS, GEOCHEMISTRY, PAH, SMELTER},
	isbn = {0013-936X},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000076850200022},
	author = {Simpson, C. D. and Harrington, C. F. and Cullen, W. R.}
}
